Grants awarded
Who does The Barbara and Gerson Bakar Foundation fund?
The Barbara and Gerson Bakar Foundation has awarded $28 million across 205 grants to 82 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $30,000, with most between $10,000 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $50,000 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$28.1M
Typical grant
$30K
Grantees
82
Grants
205
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| B Baptist Health Foundation | $6.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Ucsf Foundation | $4.3M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Asian Art Museum | $3.4M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Holy Names High School | $2.1M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Uc Berkeley Foundation | $2.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Archbishop Riordan High School | $1.9M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Notre Dame High School | $1.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco | $1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Mercy High School | $622K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$475K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Oakland Museum of California
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$400K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| J Jewish Family & Children's Services | $395K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland | $375K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Boston Plastic & Oral Surgery Foundation INC | $331K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| A Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $260K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hebrew Free Loan Association | $250K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
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$240K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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$200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
The Alameda County Community Food Bank INC
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$200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Champion Charities | $175K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Chronicle Season of Sharing | $150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Bridge Housing | $150K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Compass Family Services
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$150K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | $130K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Center for Independent Living | $110K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hebrew Free Loan | $100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U Ucsf Cardiology Council | $100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$100K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Season of Sharing | $100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U Um Bascom Palmer Eye | $96K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
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$95K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| J Jewish Vocational Services | $90K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Kqed INC
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$75K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| U Uc Berkeley Real Estate Forum | $75K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Nestor Orozco-Llamas | $68K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County
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$60K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
Jewish Vocational Service INC
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$60K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| B Berkeley Real Estate Forum | $50K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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$50K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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$45K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$40K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| M Mary Wu | $34K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Nicholas Nido | $32K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Stanford University | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| J Jamm Magaling | $22K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U Um Bascom Palmer Eye Institute | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| B Brightright Israel Foundation | $15K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hebrew Union College | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Nevada Discovery Museum
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$15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NV | |
Peninsula Jewish Community Center
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$14K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| M Maximiliano Beas | $11K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Alexander Robinson | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Heriberto Velez | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Alondra Pacas | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Anti-Defamation League
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NV | |
| C Children's Wisconson Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Smithsonian Institute National Portrait | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Center for Creative Land Recycling
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| S San Francisco Hillel | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
National Aids Memorial INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center
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$9K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| P Peninsula Temple Beth El | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T Together We Rise Corporation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Trustees of Stanford University | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Advocates for Youth
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
American Jewish Committee
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| E Ellis Cervantes | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Saia Lorenzo | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| J Jamar Kittling | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Van Dinh | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A Alex Lee | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| K Kristin Leyson | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N Navel War College | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Galleriastudio 24 | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Carl McEntee | $904 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Galeriastudio 24 | $500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S School of the Madeleine | $101 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$100 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | FL |
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